Capstone 2025 Session 1 | NuVu Cambridge

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 1

Feb. 3 - > Feb 7

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

Annotated Bibliography

Continue work on research question

Block 2

Data Collection Plan

Peer Critiques

Present Brainstorming Deliverable

Block 2

Revise Research Question

Presentation Preperation

Present Brainstorming Deliverable

Continue Annotated Bibliography

Brainstorming p2 Methodology Research

Block 2

Revised Topic Statement

Block 2

Homework

(and other work from the past week that might be incomplete

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 1

Feb. 10 -> Feb 14

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

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Block 2

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Block 2

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Block 2

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Block 2

Homework

Big theme of this week is, picking an idea, and checking in about scope.

Project work/prototyping + data collection begins

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 1

Feb. 17 -> Feb 21

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

content

Block 2

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Block 2

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Block 2

content

Block 2

Homework

Big theme of this week is, picking an idea, and checking in about scope.

Sketching prototyping and data collection

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 1

Feb. 24 -> Feb 28

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

content

Block 2

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Block 2

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Block 2

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Block 2

Homework

Mid Review is this week. Likely Tuesday+wednesday to give each student time.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 1

Mar. 3 -> Mar 7

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

content

Block 2

content

Block 2

content

Block 2

content

Block 2

Homework

Week of the CAPSTONE TRIP

Capstone Session 2

At the end of Capstone S1 students will have completed these writing assignments.

During the capstone trip students will:

Capstone S2:

1 Page Research Summary (Research Question Workshop)
Annotated Bibliography
1/2 Page Topic Summary (Abstract)
1/2 Page methodology / process flowchar
1/2 Page data collection plan

Convert the methodology and data collection plan into a "Project Action Plan" defining their goals for each remaining week of capstone.
Create a detailed (sprint) schedule for Spring break and the first week of S2

An assignment will cover good note-taking strategies (for feedback and documentation)
Time dedicated each week to Mini-Show-and-Tell

Session 2 Deliverable: 3 Documented Iterations with testing, experimentation, feedback

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 2

Mar 24th -> Mar 28th

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

Homework

Introduction to agile/sprint.

working velocity

Project Work

Block 2

Note Taking + documentation Strategies

Test sprint(C)

Mini-show and tell

Block 2

Test sprint(B)

Test sprint(C)

Weekly Reflections

Calendar for next week

Test sprint(A)

Project Work

Block 2

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Block 1

110 min

9:00 - 10:50

Capstone Session 2

Mar 31 -> Apr 4th

Block 2

Block 2

60 min

11:00 - 12:00

Block 3

110 min

1:00 - 2:50

Homework

Project Work

Block 2

Project Work

Mini Show-and-Tell

Block 2

Project Work

Block 2

Calendar

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